Plushenko has been waiting for this, Renee, almost as long as Michelle Kwan has been waiting to win her gold medal. He is one of the greatest skaters ever, and he fell in Salt Lake City four years ago ...

Russia's Yevgeny Plushenko was crowned Olympic champion when he crushed his opponents to claim gold in the men's figure skating competition this morning (AEDT). The 23-year-old led all the way to take ...

TURIN, ITALY – Evgeni Plushenko cut his practice short Sunday afternoon by 15 minutes, fueling speculation – or wishful thinking – that Russia’s three-time World champion figure skater isn’t ...

Russian Yevgeny Plushenko has gold in his sights as he carries a seemingly unbeatable lead into the Winter Olympics men's figure skating final. Figure skaters from Russia and the former Soviet Union ...

TURIN, Italy - Almost all Evgeni Plushenko had to do was stay on his feet. That's more than his rivals could manage. The three-time world champion took few chances, yet still earned another personal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Turin – Figure skating’s new idol had to pause before finishing his first comment. It wasn’t to cry, as silver medalist Stephane Lambiel did on the podium.

Russian Evgeni Plushenko won the Olympic Gold in the men's figure skating championship Thursday night. American Johnny Weir, who was favored to win the silver, turned in a surprisingly flat ...

Plushenko fell while trying to execute a triple axel Plushenko is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion Florent Amodio of France keads ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Russian star Evgeni ...